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elraido said:
nice find
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Thanks.



I think I found out the problem with my mileage. I've been getting 20-23 (at best 23) all highway 55-70 mph on my way to school every day in my Zetec. Changed the plugs to large "racing" plugs :)rolleyes:), Bosche O2 sensor, and double platinum spark plugs, but nothing helped the mileage. I have sea foamed the engine via both the gas tank and throttle body. I searched a bit today and came up with a thread where the OP had the same problem as me. His rear drums were dragging, leaving a squeeling noise after every rotation; again... same as me. So I pulled the car into the garage today and jacked the rear end up to spin the rear tires. Both wheels made scraping noises as they spun, only making about 2-3 revolutions per hand spin before grinding to a halt.

When my dad gets back from Arizona on Thursday we are gunna check it out and possible put some new drums on. I still have the originals on there and the car just rolled over 160,000 a few nights ago. I'm hoping for the best. 30mpg would be great on the wallet. :cool:
 
KyleQ said:
Hehe - wax the paint off that thing yet? I've never seen any dirt on that car... I'm surprised you'll drive it around in the "dirty" city air :laugh:
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No but I did get it out of storage last weekend and safely into the garage before the rain/snow over the last few days :crazy:
 
Hehe - I safely drove mine into a ditch this winter :crazy:

I've got a whole pile of body parts - the hard part is done... I just need to prep and paint them now... My car could look good again - just hard spending money on it.
 
elraido said:
The wifes car has rear discs but they are an internal drum like parking brake. Most retarded thing I have ever seen.
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My dad's truck has the same thing. I agree that they are weird, on those you have to buy fancier discs and an extra set of shoes that wouldn't be necessary if they used the same pads.
 
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One of the front calipers is hanging up a little bit on the Solara. Destroyed the pad and rotor I put on in Sept/Oct. Just put a new pad and rotor on and it is starting to shake already. :nonono:
 
Blackcoog said:
We have an extra we could sell you for cheap. $40? It's dirty but I don't believe it had any issues.
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For his car? You would have to clean it down to the atomic level for it to look like it belonged there :laugh:

Alternators look like a sucktastic job to replace in these cars...
 
KyleQ said:
For his car? You would have to clean it down to the atomic level for it to look like it belonged there :laugh:

Alternators look like a sucktastic job to replace in these cars...
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It is the cougar...he doesn't care....it looks like a ricers car with all the mismatched colored body parts. :laugh:
 
elraido said:
It is the cougar...he doesn't care....it looks like a ricers car with all the mismatched colored body parts. :laugh:
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True... its definitely faster with the black hood. :)

Blackcoog said:
We have an extra we could sell you for cheap. $40? It's dirty but I don't believe it had any issues.
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Meh, for the pain it will be to remove and everything I'll probably just put in a shiny new motorcraft reman. But $40 is cheap, they told me $70 for just the core at Ford :laugh:
 
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